new year. new ways.

ringing in the new year in a new way

traditions are big in the popa family. and it was strange to not be able to ring in the new year as we've done for the last 25 years... huddled around tables, surrounded by friends, yelling bunkooo!! this night was different. but this year has been different... so it only seemed fitting. another loss? sure. but also, an opportunity to readjust and refocus. offer gratitude for what is... not dwell on what isn't. 

this blog has been nothing more than a passing thought for years.... but here i am. just after midnight at the turning of a new year. starting here. not with much, but with enough to remind myself of the importance of starting anew- even in the smallest of ways. in reminding myself to grow... to continue moving forward with a deeper sense of hope and a greater understanding of what it really means to trust.

here in the dusk... the space between dark and light... trusting in this space. trusting in the goodness to come.